Mona Convert's feature-length film, Un pays en flammes, has been selected for the Acid 2024 section, to be held from May 15 to 24 during the Cannes 2024 Film Festival. This is a documentary and the young French director's first full-length format after her first short film, Entre les rivières, made in 2019.
For over 30 years, the Acid section of the Cannes Film Festival has been showcasing singular, intrepid works from France and abroad, by emerging, intrepid, independent filmmakers. It's an invaluable springboard for these feature-length films, helping them to find their audience, as well as a distributor for some of the works that don't yet have one, at the time of their screening at Cannes.
Un pays en flammes follows the story of a family of fireworks makers in southwest France. In the Landes forest, the secrets of fire are passed down from generation to generation. Under the eyes of the animals, days and nights follow one another. Father Patrick eats grass. The daughter, Margot, explodes. The child, Jean, programs bunches of fireflies.
Cannes Film Festival 2026: The ACID Selection
L’Acid, the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival that spotlights bold, audacious works—mostly debut features—has just unveiled its lineup. [Read more]
The Cannes Film Festival makes its return to the Croisette for its 79th edition from May 12 to 23, 2026. Click here for the latest updates and news! [Read more]
Cannes Film Festival 2026: The ACID Selection
Cannes Film Festival 2026: The Latest News and Updates on the 79th Edition
